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[ANCHOR=Marya]

A Memorial Day cook-out in Roanoke ends in gunfire ... and one local man is dead.
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[ANCHOR=Marya]

And... divers find the body of a missing woman in the lake at a Rockbridge County campsite.
[ANCHOR=Leo]
(ad lib weather)
[ANCHOR=Steve]
(ad lib live tease)
[2-shot]
[ANCHOR=Marya]

News-7 Mornin' is next.

[Roanoke-Shooting]

[ANCHOR=marya]
[NEWSCAST=mor]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=01-15]
[GRAPHIC=Shooting]
A cook- out at an apartment complex in Roanoke ends in gun fire.
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[VO-NAT tape labelled hunt shooting]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Last Night;]
Police were called to Hunt Manor apartments around ten o'clock last night.
They found 40 year old Keith Anthony Dillard lying in the yard.
Neighbors say Dillard, who had been visiting, was on the side-walk with a gun shot wound to the chest.
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[SOT 02:00:23 tape labeled interview ]
[IN Q=My first ]
((LEROY SWANN/WITNESS: MY FIRST INSTINCT....THAT'S ABOUT IT.))
[SUPER=01-Leroy Swann/Witness;]
[RUNS=13]
[OUT Q=that's about it.]
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[VO-NAT]
Dillard was taken to Roanoke Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Witnesses say Dillard had gotten in an argument with a younger man who fled after the shooting.
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[ANCHOR=Marya]
[TAKE FSS CRIMELINE]
Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact Crimeline at 344-8500.
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[11Missing-Woman]

A woman disappeared from a campsite in Rockbridge County this holiday weekend-
Last night her body was found in the Arnold's Valley section.
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[Vo-Nat]
[Super=03-Rockbridge Co.;]

Divers found the woman's body in Cave Mountain Lake last night-
The Rockbridge County Sheriff's Captain says the 37-year old woman was last seen at a camp ground at Cave Mountain Lake Saturday night.
When family members woke up Sunday morning they realized she wasn't there.
Sheriff's deputies used dogs and a helicopter to search the area- but yesterday focused the search on the lake using divers.
The Sheriff's department is not yet releasing the woman's name.
Authorities say they don't know exactly how the woman died- and will await an autopsy report.
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[CO-Tornadoes]

At least 17 people were injured in a tornado that struck a Colorado community last night.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Ellicott, CO;]

The twister hit three mobile home parks and at least one school in the community of Ellicott outside Colorado Springs.
Only one man was hospitalized in serious condition.
Residents say the tornado struck without warning, pushing their homes off their foundations.
They say the storm also brought flooding and golf ball-size hail that knocked out power.
More severe weather is expected in the area today.
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[Moakley]

Democrat Joseph Moakley died yesterday of leukemia.
He was 74.
He won his first congressional election in 1972 and served 15 terms in Congress, representing residents of South Boston.
Moakley was also the top Democrat on the powerful House Rules Committee.
Several potential candidates have showed an interest in succeeding him.
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[11Lindsey-MIA]

[ANCHOR=marya]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=01-22 43:17]
[GRAPHIC=None]
D-N-A could hold the key to identifying the remains of soldiers missing in action.
There are currently more than six thousand families whose loved ones are missing in action from the Korean War.
Teresa Hamilton has the story of a Pulaski man who hopes his own D-N-A will bring his brother's remains back home.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=It's been]
[SUPER=03-Pulaski; :00]
[SUPER=01-Charles Lindsey/Veteran's Brother; :17]
[SUPER=@Teresa2; :49]
[RUNS=1:22]
[OUT Q=N7 Pulaski]
(( It's been more than 50- years since Charles Lindsey's older brother, Corky, joined the Army and was sent to fight in the Korean War.
Not long after-- the Lindsey family received the devastating news.
[sot 16:19;15]
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[in q=MY MOTHER]
((CHARLES LINDSEY/VETERAN'S BROTHER: MY MOTHER AND THEM GOT WORD THE WAS TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR... I BELIEVE IT WAS 1950 AND THEY SAID HE'D BEEN SHOT TWO OR THREE TIMES. ))
[RUNS= 10]
[OUT Q= OR THREE TIMES. (TEARS).]
The Army confirmed Corky's death in 1954 after interviewing other prisoners of war.
But it wasn't until the family recently applied for a War Medal for Corky-- that they learned the government was searching for them.
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[sot]
[in q= I still don't]
((I STILL DON'T REALLY LOOK FOR THEM TO FIND HIM, BUT THERE'S HOPE THAT THEY WILL.))
[runs=]
[out q= that they will.]
The Department of Defense is trying to locate relatives--- to get a blood sample.
The hope is that D-N-A will help the government identify the remains of soldiers missing in action as tensions ease between North Korea and the United States.
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[sot 16:21:52]
[in q= they came and ]
((CHARLES LINDSEY: THEY CAME AND GOT THE BLOOD PROBABLY A MONTH, TWO WEEKS AGO, AND MY BROTHER, OTHER BROTHER THAT LIVES HERE HE GAVE TOO.))
[runs= 11]
[out q= he gave too.]
Teresa Hamilton, NEWS 7, Pulaski.))
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[ANCHOR=Marya]
[take FS WEB ADDRESS]
You can learn more about the government's project by logging onto this website...
It's www. korean war dot org.
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[11Memorial-Day]

The Roanoke Valley remembered its own heroes this memorial day.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

A ceremony at Greene Memorial United Methodist Church brought out hundreds of veterans yesterday.
Rear Admiral John Summers spoke of the men from western Virginia who died on D-Day, but also many others who gave their lives in World War I, Korea, Vietnam, and other conflicts.
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[SOT 16:31:54]
[IN Q=And that's what I think]
((JOHN SUMMERS: AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO GET ACROSS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THIS IS JUST NOT MEMORIAL MAY 28TH, 2001. THIS IS MEMORIAL DAY FROM YEARS AND YEARS PAST. MEN THAT SOMETIMES DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WAR WAS, AND YET GAVE THE COUNTRY THEIR LIFE.))
[SUPER=01-John Summers/U. S. Navy (retired)]
[RUNS=:19]
[OUT Q=yet gave the country their life.]
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[VO-NAT]

The ceremony concluded in Lee Plaza, with a rifle salute, taps, and the placement of a wreath at the Roanoke Valley War Memorial.
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[Marketwatch]

In business news, Wall Street gets back to work today after the long Memorial Day weekend.
Renay San Miguel takes a look at Friday's sell off and what you can expect later this week in this morning's Marketwatch.
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[SOT FROM MONDAY'S FEED]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Renay San Miguel/Reporting; :00 ]
[RUNS=1:22]
[OUT Q=CBS Marketwatch DOT COM New York.]
((Information:
Information:
ONCAM=Renay

THE SENATE MAY BE UNDER NEW LEADERSHIP, BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE..ALAN
GREENSPAN STILL RULES WALL STREET.. THE FED CHIEF COULDN'T BOOST THE
MARKETS LAST FRIDAY WHEN HE SAID SUB PAR ECONOMIC GROWTH IS STILL WITH
US AND HINTED THAT MORE INTEREST RATE CUTS MAY BE NEEDED.. THIS WEEK
THERE ARE MORE NUMBERS COMING THAT MAY HELP HIM AND HIS FED COLLEAGUES
MAKE UP THEIR MINDS.. ECONOMIC INDICATORS EXPECTED THIS WEEK INCLUDE
ESS=graphic
PERSONAL SAVINGS AND INCOME..CONSUMER CONFIDENCE...HOURLY
EARNINGS..CONSTRUCTION SPENDING AND THE ALL-IMPORTANT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE..
ONCAM=

AS WE SAID THE DOW COULDN'T RESPOND LAST FRIDAY TO GREENSPANS'S RATE
CUT TALK..THAT AND THE APPROACHING MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY TOOK
ESS=dow
THE DOW DOWN 117 TO CLOSE AT 11-THOUSAND-5
ESS=nasdaq

THE NASDAQ ALSO TOOK A BREATHER AFTER BEING UP 7 OUT OF THE LAST 8
SESSIONS..IT CLOSED DOWN NEARLY31 TO 22-51-..
ESS=lu
KEEP YOUR EYES ON SHARES OF LUCENT AND ALCATEL WHEN TRADING RESUMES
TUESDAY..THE COMPANIES REPORTEDLY MET INTO THE WEEKEND TO TALK ABOUT
ALCATEL'S INTEREST IN BUYING THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT MAKER..
ESS=oil

ALSO WATCH THE OIL STOCKS LIKE TEXACO AND CHEVRON..PRUDENTIAL UPGRADED
BOTH COMPANIES IN LIGHT OF CONTINUED CONCERN ABOUT ENERGY PRICES AND
PRESIDENT BUSH'S ENERGY PLAN NOW THROWN UP IN THE AIR THANKS TO THE
SWITCH OF POWER IN THE SENATE..
ESS=amat
PRUDENTIAL ALSO RAISED ITS RATING ON THE SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT MAKERS
LIKE
APPLIED MATERIALS, SAYING THIS PARTICULARLY MARKET MAY BE STABLIZING..
ESS=mktw
FOR MORE ON THE MARKETS JUST CLICK ON CBS DOT MARKETWATCH DOT COM..
ONCAM=

I'M RENAY SAN MIGUEL, CBS MARKETWATCH DOT COM, NEW YORK.))

(tape tosses to stocks)
[STOCKS]
[COMM]

[5-Booker-T]

Officials with Booker T- Washington National Monument want to expand.
But they will first have to get approval from President Bush and Congress.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.]
The park is looking to buy 15 acres adjacent to the park to protect its view from expansion of the Westlake Corner. Because the monument is part of the National Park Service, both houses of Congress and the President will have to sign onto the plan.
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[SOT - TC-22:43:53]
[IN Q=Once we have the authority...]
[SUPER=01-Rebecca Harriett/Monument Superintendant]
((REBECCA HARRIETT/MONUMENT SUPERINTENDENT;ONCE WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY THEN WE CAN APPROACH THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS. BUY YOU CAN'T GO AFTER THE APPROPRIATION UNTIL YOU GET THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO. IT'S A LONG PROCESS))
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[OUT Q=it's a long process.]
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[VO-NAT]
Included in the land are approximately 7 acres that were originally part of the Burrough's Plantation, but were left out when the park was established in the 19-50's.
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Parvovirus is viral disease that's spread through dogs feces. And if a dog catches it there is no cure. The dog's body must fight off the virus.
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[SOT32:19]
[IN Q=It's a very contagious disease]
((DR. KELLY FARRELL/HANGING ROCK ANIMAL HOSPITAL: IT'S VERY CONTAGIOUS DISEASE, IT CAN BE SPREAD ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SHOES, IT CAN BE SPREAD ON YOUR HANDS. IF YOU'VE BEEN PETTING A DOG THAT'S INFECTED. IT DOESN'T SPREAD THROUGH THE AIR, BUT IT GOES THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD VERY QUICKLY))
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[OUT Q=neighborhood very quickly]

Some of the signs of parvovirus include loss of appetite --dehydration, fever, depression, yellow colored feces or blood streaked diarrhea.
Boss had no immunity to the virus -- because he had not been vaccinated.
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[SOT4:55]
[IN Q=I hadn't thought about it yet]
((I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT YET. IF HE PULLS THROUGH THIS HE WILL HAVE ALL HIS SHOTS AND TAGS))
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[OUT Q=all his shots and tags]
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[SOT35:10]
[IN Q=Your puppy should start vaccinations]
((DR. KELLY FARRELL: YOUR PUPPY SHOULD START VACCINATION BETWEEN SIX AND EIGHT WEEKS OF AGE AND GET ANOTHER VACCINATION EVERY THREE WEEKS UNTIL IT REACHES FOUR MONTHS OF AGE. IT'S DEFINITELY NOT ENOUGH TO VACCINATE ONE TIME AND THEN STOP))
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[OUT Q=and then stop]

Sue Robertson says she couldn't afford to keep Boss at the vet.
So, she is doing her best to nurse him back to health.
She says she can only hope that he survives.
Joy Sutton, News 7, Roanoke.))

[Health-Check]

In medical news, a new study takes a look at how gambling effects the brain.
Melissa McDermott has that story and more in this morning's Health check.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Melissa McDermott/Reporting; :00 ]
[RUNS=1:30]
[OUT Q=CBS News, New York.]

((Information:
A REPORT IN THE JOURNAL NEURON SAYS THAT GAMBLERS EXPERIENCE THE SAME
BRAIN RESPONSES AS THOSE WHO TAKE DRUGS LIKE COCAINE OR MORPHINE.
EXPERIMENTS SHOWED THAT A VARIETY OF REGIONS OF THE BRAIN WERE INVOLVED
IN THE ANTICIPATION OF A WIN. THE RIGHT HEMISPHERE REACTED MORE TO WINS
AND THE LEFT SIDE TO LOSSES.
RESEARCHERS SAY THE CHALLENGE IS TO CORRELATE THE REGIONS AND THE
PATHWAYS OF THE BRAIN TO EMOTION, MOTIVATION AND DECISION-MAKING. IF
THESE COULD BE MAPPED IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO DEVELOP DRUGS THAT COULD
MORE EFFECTIVELY TREAT ADDICTIONS.
A REPORT IN THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE IS CASTING DOUBT ON A
LONG HELD BELIEF. A REVIEW OF A HUNDRED AND TWELVE STUDIES SHOWS THAT
THERE MAY NOT BE SUCH A THING AS THE PLACEBO EFFECT. DUMMY PILLS HAVE
LONG BEEN USED ON SOME PATIENTS IN DOUBLE-BLIND MEDICAL STUDIES TO
COUNTERACT THE PSYCHOSOMATIC EFFECT OF TREATMENT. IN THIS WAY, NEITHER
THE DOCTOR NOR THE PATIENT KNOWS WHO IS RECEIVING AN ACTIVE DRUG. BUT
NOW THE REVIEW IS SUGGESTING THAT THERE IS LITTLE OR NO DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN PEOPLE GETTING A PLACEBO AND PEOPLE GETTING NO TREATMENT. THIS
COULD LEAD TO CHANGES IN THE WAY RESEARCH IS CARRIED OUT FOR ETHICAL
REASONS.
THIS WEEK SEES THE START OF THE 11TH EUROPEAN CONGRESS ON OBESITY. THIS
DISEASE AFFECTS 300 MILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. HEALTH EXPERTS SAY
THAT OBESITY HAS REACHED EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS IN MANY WESTERN COUNTIRES.
IN EUROPE IT AFFECTS OVER 10 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION. IN THE U-S,
THOUGH THE FIGURE IS OVER 25 PERCENT.
THOSE ARE THE TOP HEALTH STORIES TODAY.
I'M MELISSA MCDERMOTT CBS NEWS, NEW YORK. ))
(Marya tosses to bump)

Here's a look at today's top stories.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Marya]

A cook-out at a Roanoke apartment complex ends in gunfire.
Police found 40-year-old Keith Anthony Dillard shot to death in the yard.
Witnesses say he was arguing with a younger man who fled.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Marya]

Mill Mountain Zoo has lost one of its new baby snow leopards.
Zoo officials say it's possible the cub was suffocated by its mother or died from some other cause.
The other two cubs are healthy.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Marya]

And... a tornado ravages the town of Elicott, Colorado overnight, tearing up mobile homes and schools.
17 people were injured.
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[ANCHOR=Marya]

And that's what's making news on this Tuesday, May 29th.
News 7 Mornin' will be right back.

[2-Roanoke-Shooting]

[ANCHOR=marya]
[NEWSCAST=mor]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=01-15]
[GRAPHIC=Shooting]
One man is dead following a shooting at a Roanoke apartment complex.
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[VO-NAT tape labelled hunt shooting]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Last Night;]
Police were called to Hunt Manor apartments around ten o'clock last night.
They found 40 year old Keith Anthony Dillard lying in the yard.
Neighbors say Dillard, who had been visiting, was on the side-walk with a gun shot wound to the chest.
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[SOT 02:00:23 tape labeled interview ]
[IN Q=My first ]
((LEROY SWANN/WITNESS: MY FIRST INSTINCT....THAT'S ABOUT IT.))
[SUPER=01-Leroy Swann/Witness;]
[RUNS=13]
[OUT Q=that's about it.]
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[VO-NAT]
Dillard was taken to Roanoke Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Witnesses say Dillard had gotten into an argument with a younger man who fled the scene after the shooting.
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[ANCHOR=Marya]
[TAKE FSS CRIMELINE]
Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact Crimeline at 344-8500.
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[2-11Missing-Woman]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jja]
[TAPE#=01-16 1:13:08]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The body of a woman who disappeared from a campsite in Rockbridge County over the weekend has been found.
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[Vo-Nat]
[Super=03-Rockbridge Co.;]

Divers found the woman's body in Cave Mountain Lake last night.
The Rockbridge County Sheriff's Captain says the 37-year old woman was last seen at a camp ground at Cave Mountain Lake Saturday night.
When family members woke up Sunday morning they realized she wasn't there.
Sheriff's deputies used dogs and a helicopter to search the area- but yesterday focused the search on the lake using divers.
The Sheriff's department is not yet releasing the woman's name.
Authorities say they don't know exactly how the woman died- and will await an autopsy report.
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[11Snow-Leopard]

One of the newborn baby snow leopards at Mill Mountain Zoo has died.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Friday;]

Zoo officials made the announcement yesterday afternoon, .... but say the baby leopard died Saturday afternoon.
That's when zoo officials noticed the mother carrying one of the cubs away from the den area- the cubs was lifeless.
Zoo officials say it's possible the cub might have suffocated by the mother or perhaps had died from some other cause.
The remaining two cubs were examined and the veterinarian found them in good health.
They'll be left with the mother who continues to nurse and care for them.
The cubs were born May 4th.
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[2-CO-Tornadoes]

A tornado ripped through a Colorado community last night, injuring at least 17 people.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Ellicott, CO;]

The twister hit three mobile home parks and at least one school in the community of Ellicott outside Colorado Springs.
Only one man was hospitalized in serious condition.
Residents say the tornado struck without warning, pushing their homes off their foundations.
They say the storm also brought flooding and golf ball-size hail that knocked out power.
More severe weather is expected in the area today.
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[Bush]

President Bush is in California this morning, to talk about California's energy crisis.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Los Angeles, CA;]

He arrived in Los Angeles last night.
This will be his first visit to the state since the election.
He'll be meeting with one of his chief critics...Democratic Governor Gray Davis... to try to find common ground on energy policy.
Bush also plans to visit a Marine base to demonstrate his pledge that the federal government will reduce its use of energy.
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[11Bedford-DDay]

The National D-Day memorial in Bedford will be dedicated next week.
The price Bedford paid for our freedom was the focus of last night's Eye on America on the CBS Evening News.
Eric Engberg has the story.
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[SOT 20:41;04]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Bedford; :19]
[SUPER=01-Ivylynn Hardy/D-Day Widow; :30]
[SUPER=01-Eric Engberg/Reporting; 1:04]
[super=01-Ray Nance/D-Day Veteran; 1:31]
[Super=01-Roy Stevens/D-Day Veteran; 2:02]
[Super=07-Lucille Boggess; 2:30]
[RUNS=3:02]
[OUT Q=Bedford Virginia. (no pad! out quick!)]
((It was one of the greatest military operations ever
mounted....D-Day...June 6, 1944.
And the cost in human life was high. As many as 6-thousand of the troops
sent to drive Hitler from the continent died on the first day.
And one small town...tucked into the Blue Ridge mountains of
Virginia...paid the highest price. Bedford suffered the largest
percentage of D-Day fatalities of any community in the nation.
IVY LYNN HARDY:
WE DIDN''T HARDLY KNOW HOW TO SPEAK TO EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW
WHO WAS HURT. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO WAS DEAD.
A young school-teacher in 1944....Ivy Lynn Hardy had been married to John Schenk (skank)...for less than a year when word came that he was dead. 19 Bedford boys in a single unit had been killed....19
from one town in one day.
WE WOULD JUST MEET EACH OTHER AND LOVE EACH OTHER A LITTLE
Bedford in 1944 was a farm town of 3200. It had a National Guard unit which was chosen to be in the vanguard of the D-Day invasion.
The 30 or so Bedford boys who made the landing trained in England with the rest of the 29th Division for a solid year.

RAY NANCE;
I CAME IN HERE...
Their target....sector Dog Green of Omaha Beach. Lt. Ray Nance was wounded soon after reaching the beach.
MY HANDS WERE ALL BLEEDING AND THEY WERE OILY FROM THE BOATS BEING
BLOWN. // AND I GOT ACROSS AND I DUG A HOLE IN THE SAND WITH MY HANDS,
MY BARE HANDS.
ROY STEVENS: THAT'S RAY AND THIS IS ME. HE WAS HIT BY MACHINE GUN FIRE.
Roy Stevens and his twin brother Ray were in separate landing craft. Roy almost drowned when his sank short of the beach.
Plucked from the water and sent back to England, he did not reach Normandy for four days.....
ROY STEVENS:
I NOTICED THERE WAS WORKING IN A CEMETERY OVER THERE, AND I SEE THOSE
LITTLE WHITE CROSSES THEY STARTED PUTTING UP.
THE FIRST GRAVE I CAME TO...THE FIRST CROSS...WAS MY BROTHER'S THEY HAD
HIS DOG TAGS UP ON THE CROSS AND A LITTLE PIECE OF MUD ON IT, AND I
KICKED IT OFF.
Back in Bedford....weeks went by before loved ones got the sad news by War Department telegram.
LUCILLE BOGGESS:
IT SEEMED LIKE JUST A DARK CLOUD HUNG OVER THE COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME.
Lucille Boggess had two brothers in Company A....Bedford and
Raymond. Both were killed.
IT WAS JUST SO TRAUMATIC I GUESS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. I REMEMBER
HEARING THE FATHERS OF THE OTHER MEN WHO DIED SAYING I NOT ONLY LOST MY SON BUT I LOST MY WIFE THAT DAY. BECAUSE A LOT OF WOMEN HAD A HARD TIME COPING WITH THE LOSS.
The next 6th of June a memorial honoring the heroes of D-Day will be dedicated. Large in scope to match the courage of that day....it
will be dedicated...appropriately...in Bedford....the little town which gave so much.
For Eye On America, this is Eric Engberg in Bedford Virginia.))

[11Day-Promo]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=D-Day Memorial]
News 7 will be in Bedford next week covering the dedication of The National D-Day Memorial.
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[Take Pinnacle FS 4619]
We'll bring you News 7 at 5 and 6 live from the Memorial in Bedford on both June 5th and the 6th.
[Next page 4618]
And we hope you will join us at 11:00 AM, June 6th for a program we're calling: "Their Sacrifice, Our Freedom" .. live coverage of the dedication ceremony.
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[11B-25]

Five of America's war dead were honored in Lynchburg yesterday.
In 1943, the men were killed in a plane crash in Bedford County.
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((natsot B25 flying by))
[RUNS=04]
[OUT Q=(fades down)]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]

A vintage B-25 bomber was part of the ceremonies yesterday in Lynchburg honoring five Army Air Corps men killed during a training mission during World War Two.
Their own B-25 bomber crashed into Sharp Top Mountain in Bedford County in 1943.. a local pastor has spent the past year contacting relatives and raising money for a memorial honoring the crew.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 15:11:41]
[IN Q=As in the]
((REV. JEFF CLEMENS/B-25 MEMORIAL ORGANIZER: AS IN THE AFTERMATH OF ALL WARS, THE FALLEN ARE OFTEN FORGOTTEN, AND THOSE WHO RETURN ARE FREQUENTLY IGNORED. HOWEVER, AFTER 58 YEARS, WE ARE RECOGNIZING A DEBT WHICH WE ARE UNABLE TO REPAY EXCEPT THROUGH A SINCERE SENSE OF GRATITUDE.))
((MIKE SHELTON/BEDFORD MAYOR: WE CAN DO NO LESS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IN BEDFORD, VIRGINIA, TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY ENSURES THAT THE STORY OF THE B-25 BOMBER AND THESE FIVE ARMY AIR CORPS MEN ARE FOREVER REMEMBERED, THEY ARE NO LONGER FORGOTTEN.))
[SUPER=01-Rev. Jeff Clemens/B-25 Memorial Organizer; :00]
[SUPER=01-Mike Shelton/Bedford Mayor; :23]
[RUNS=40]
[OUT Q=no longer forgotten.]
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[VO-NAT]

Relatives of two of the crewmen attended yesterday's ceremony.
They were honored with proclamations and flags that had been flown over the U-S Capitol.
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[11Wallens-Ridge]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=Net C]
[GRAPHIC=Supermax Prisons]
More out of state inmates have arrived at a supermax prison in Southwest Virginia.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-File Tape]
Wallens Ridge State Prison has repeatedly come under fire from families of Connecticut inmates housed at the facility.
Friday six-DOZEN prisoners from the Wyoming State Penitentiary arrived at Wallens Ridge.
The Wyoming inmates were transferred because their state prison is undergoing structural inspection.
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Now here's another look at today's top local stories:
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Marya]
Roanoke Police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead.
It happened at Hunt Manor Apartments last night.
When police arrived, they found 40 year old Keith Anthony Dillard lying in the yard.
Witnesses say Dillard had gotten in an argument with a younger man who fled after the shooting.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Marya]
Authorities found the body of a woman who disappeared from a campsite in Rockbridge County over the weekend.
Divers found the woman's body in Cave Mountain Lake last night.
The Sheriff's department is not yet releasing the woman's name.
Authorities say they don't know exactly how the woman died- and will await an autopsy report.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Marya]

One of the newborn baby snow leopards at Mill Mountain Zoo died Saturday afternoon.
Zoo officials made the announcement yesterday.
They say it's possible the cub might have suffocated by the mother or perhaps had died from some other cause.
The remaining two cubs were examined and the veterinarian found them in good health.
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[ANCHOR=Leo]
(Leo mic hot)
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(Leo ad lib weather)
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